The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
1h 10m
Running Time
January 20, 1933Release Date
The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
1h 10m
Running Time
January 20, 1933Release Date
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Plot.
Mary Holmes (MacKellar), once a famous opera star known as Maria di Nardi, now lives in a run-down shanty and suffers from alcoholism. Known for her eccentric behavior, Mary breeds geese, and is thus known in her neighborhood as 'The Goose Woman'. She blames her grown son Geoffrey (Linden) for the deterioration of her voice, and does everything to destroy his life. When Geoffrey, who works as a commercial artist, announces to her that he will marry Joan Hoyt (Arthur), an actress, she becomes torn with jealousy and threatens to reveal to Joan that he is an illegitimate birth.
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Cast & Crew.

Helen MacKellar
Mary Holmes

Eric Linden
Geoffrey Holmes

Jean Arthur
Joan Hoyt

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher
Ben Pratt

Ivan F. Simpson
Jacob Riggs

Clay Clement
G.K. Ethridge

J. Carrol Naish
Gary Kent

Roscoe Ates
Bill-poster Klondike

Rochelle Hudson
Betty

John Sheehan
Tom Kincaid

Franklin Parker
Brooks

Edward Nugent
Flanagan

Alfred Herman
Settings

Max Steiner
Music Director

Rex Beach
Story

Edward Doherty
Writer

Charles Rosher
Cinematography

Cecil Cooney
First Assistant Camera

Fred Schuessler
Casting

Charles L. Kimball
Editor

Walter Plunkett
Costume Design

Frank Redman
Camera Operator

Slavko Vorkapich
Director

Bartlett Cormack
Associate Producer
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Details.
This Movie Is About.
jealousy
alcoholism
murder
pre-code
Wiki.
The Past of Mary Holmes is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film, directed by Harlan Thompson and Slavko Vorkapich, and released by RKO. The film is a remake of the silent film The Goose Woman (1925), which is based on a short story by Rex Beach, partly based on the Hall-Mills murder case.